| Kaique Kenji | |
| Full Name: | Kaique Kenji Takamura Correa |
| Birth Date: | 2006 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.79m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Cruzeiro |
| Clubnumber: | 69 |
| Youthyears1: | 2015–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Corinthians |
| Youthyears2: | 2017–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Juventus-SP |
| Youthyears3: | 2019–2022 |
| Youthclubs3: | São Caetano |
| Youthyears4: | 2022–2024 |
| Youthclubs4: | Cruzeiro |
| Years1: | 2024– |
| Clubs1: | Cruzeiro |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 17:42, 24 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 17:42, 24 November 2024 (UTC) |
Kaique Kenji Takamura Correa (born 30 January 2006) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Cruzeiro.
Kenji began playing football with Corinthians before he was 10, and followed that up with stints at Juventus-SP and São Caetano, before moving to the youth academy of Cruzeiro in 2022.[1] In 2023, he signed his first professional contract with Cruzeiro for 3 seasons.[2] On 6 September 2024, he renewed professional contract until 2028 after scoring 24 goals and providing 14 assists in 30 games as a U20, and was promoted to their first team.[3] He made his senior and professional debut with Cruzeiro as a substitute in a 2–1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A loss to Corinthians on 20 November 2024.[4] He made the matchday squad for Cruzeiro at the 2024 Copa Sudamericana final, coming on as a substitute as they lost to Racing Club on 23 November 2024.[5]
Kenji was called up to the Brazil U20s in October 2024 for a camp to train for the 2025 South American U-20 Championship, but had to drop from the squad due to an injury.[6]
Kenji was born in Brazil, and is of Afro-Brazilian descent through his father, and Japanese and Italian descent through his mother.[1] His father is the football agent and former Brazil international footballer Kléber de Carvalho Corrêa.[7]